If you take regular medication, the system around it should fade into the background. A good week is one where you don't have to think about your prescriptions at all. The medication is in the cabinet, the next batch is on its way, and nothing has run out unexpectedly. Here are the small habits that make the difference, drawn from years of dispensing repeats for our regulars in Hedon, Hull and the surrounding villages.
1. Nominate Hedon Pharmacy as your pharmacy
If your GP sends prescriptions to whichever pharmacy is closest to you that day, your supply will always feel chaotic. Tell your GP surgery to nominate Hedon Pharmacy and the friction disappears. Your repeat lands with us the moment it leaves your surgery's system, ready for collection or free local delivery.
2. Order through the Hedon Pharmacy app
Skip the queues and the phone calls. Order yours, and your loved ones', medication through our free Hedon Pharmacy app, set up automatic reorder reminders, and track each prescription from request to ready. It's the easiest way to stay a week ahead, which is exactly where you want to be.
3. Use a single weekly organiser
A simple seven-day pill box, refilled on the same day each week, removes ninety per cent of the 'did I take it?' moments. If you take medication at different times of day, choose a box with morning and evening slots.
- Refill on the same day each week (Sunday evenings work well)
- Keep it somewhere visible, not buried in a drawer
- Travel with a smaller version when you go away
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4. Keep a current list on your phone
Names, doses, when you take them. Take a photo of your repeat slip if that's easier. If you're ever admitted to hospital or seen by an out of hours GP, that list saves twenty minutes of trying to remember.
5. Talk to the pharmacist about side effects
Not every side effect needs a panic. Some settle in a fortnight, some are easily handled by changing when you take a dose, and a few are worth flagging back to your GP. We're happy to look at your full list and tell you what we'd ask about.
6. Review your repeats once a year
Medications can stack up over time. An annual review with your GP or with us is a good chance to ask whether everything you're still taking is still needed at the same dose.
